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Mr Tony Okoroji, Chairman of the Copyright Society of Nigeria, on Sunday lamented the demise of Nigerian reggae music legend Ras Kimono, who passed on at 60.

BY Musa Fomson: One would have thought that, Lt General TY Danjuma (retired) has sunken to the lowest possible for any mortal but he continues to surprise even himself by ...

It’s an unarguable fact that some African Heads of State boast some of the most elegant and intellectual first daughters. And not only do these First daughters enjoy the perks ...

'I’m so proud of my son for doing something that I didn’t do... graduating from high school', says Floyd Mayweather.

An 8-year-old girl fell while playing and hit her head on the concrete at their home in Lagos Island. This caused blood to accumulate in her head, but for days ...

A 41-year-old suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Waheed, has narrated how he used his wife, Yemi Waheed, 36, to abduct children of rich people in Lagos and collect ransom. Waheed, a native ...

'In a few days to come, I will sign the “Not Too Young to Run” Bill into law', says President Buhari.

There has been an online battle of words between PDP's former director of new media and flamboyant Instagram celebrity, Huspuppi, which started after Deji called on the EFCC to investigate ...

Lawmaker representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Wakili, is dead.

Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday worshipped with ex-President Goodluck Jonathan at the St. Stephen Anglican Church, Otuoke Diocese, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

On this day, 13 February 1976, General Murtala Ramat Muhammed, Nigeria’s then Head of State and Commander-in-Chief, was assassinated in Lagos, Nigeria’s then federal capital city.

BY RICHARD MURPHY: Anyone that still doubts that Boko Haram has been defeated would have to watch the latest video released by Abubakar Shekau, the sociopath leader of the terror ...

Former Senate President, Ameh Ebute has asked former President Olusegun Obasanjo to show remorse for the crises bedevilling the nation rather than dissipate energy on writing memos capacle of causing ...

The Presidency on Wednesday reacted to the letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo stressing that Nigeria is doing better under the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration than previous governments.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019. Obasanjo offered the advice in a special press statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday.

Six years after the killing of infants in certain communities around the FCT, Abuja first grabbed national attention, the ripples are yet to settle. In this first part of her ...

By Michael Onoja I have lost trust and confidence in some states in Nigeria to execute a function, as basic and fundamental as securing the lives and properties of their ...

Despite making First Class in Computer Science, my dream is to be a farmer – Faith Ojumah, McPherson University best graduate

Fiery Enugu priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has warned in his 2018 Prophecy that President Muhammadu Buhari should not contemplate seeking for a second tenure in 2019.